Alaska Northern Lights manufactures a bright light therapy box that aids in treating chronic health problems such as seasonal affective disorder (SAD), depression, bipolar disorder and sleep problems...

There's something for - or against - everyone in the health overhaul legislation. These reports hone in on specific issues and the groups they will affect...

The American Psychiatric Association applauded the passage of comprehensive health care reform last week, saying that without it, patients with mental illness may not receive the care they need...

People with mental health problems who are frequently unable to complete more than two tasks in a row could be assessed as fit for work, under new revisions to the sickness benefit test outlined by the government last night (1)...

In response to concern about the high level of mental and emotional distress experienced by children and young people living in the UK, a coalition of charities will today - at the House of Lords - launch their plans to protect and improve the mental health of those up to the age of 25...

The issue of mental illness was more visible in the news media in the early 2000s than in the 1980s. This is one of the conclusions reached in a new doctoral thesis from the Department of Journalism, Media and Mass Communication (JMG), University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Over the years, media has had many reasons to address the issue of care and support to people with mental illnesses...

An average of one in 100 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While over the last few years an increasing number of these children have begun to receive early intervention services, research shows that high quality and intensive intervention are critical for positive outcomes...

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Benhur Lee may have discovered a medical silver bullet that can disable pandemic HIV, exotic Ebola, the common flu and possibly every kind of enveloped virus on the planet. An added bonus is that those viruses likely are unable to develop resistance to the compound. [More]

A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition...